Christ The King

Today we celebrated the feast of Christ the King in grand High Church style with Solemn Mass followed by procession of the Blessed Sacrament and Benediction. It went pretty well considering we had no rehearsal and several of the altar party had never done procession and Benediction before and another couple were holding their breath that one of the canopy poles wouldn't fall apart. Yesterday as we were assembling the canopy one of the poles fell and the cross on top of it broke off. A quick soldering job seemed to repair it but one never can be too sure about these things. We made it through without it falling off, praise to God, and I'm sure it helped that the procession was only halfway around the church, the scaffolding still being up. The only ragged part was Benediction where we had a very asymmetrical line of torches and candles and an odd newbie torch that squatted down behind the rest despite my best efforts as torchmeister to direct her. Once they're down it's best to leave them where they land, but there was a lot of smoke so I hope that detail was blurred to most people's vision. All in all a meaningful worship experience I would say.

I'm off to the Lone Star State for Thanksgiving, so I ask your prayers for a safe journey and wish you all a very Happy Thanksgiving and a Happy New Church Year!